GeoRef

GeoRef

The GeoRef database is a bibliographic database of scientific literature in the geosciences, including the geology of North America and the world. Coverage ranges from 1785 to the present for North American literature, and 1933 to the present for the rest of the world. It currently contains more than 2.8 million references. It is widely considered one of the preeminent literature databases for those studying the earth sciences.

It is produced by the American Geological Institute.

External links

* [http://www.agiweb.org/georef/about/index.html About GeoRef, from the American Geological Institute] .


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